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Dale Murphy League
4-1-2050
Bill Acosta Left Field
Retired (2007, Age 36)
CAREER BIOGRAPHICAL DATA
AVG .253 Total Rating B-   Bats/Throws L/R
OPS .725 Status Deceased (2044) Option Years 0  
H 561 Age at Death 73 Date of Birth 05-19-1971
HR 71 Drafted Round 1, Pick 15
(1992)
Majors Svc Time 8 years
(41 games)
RBI 302
SB 60
OFFENSE PITCHING MENTORING
Contact vs. R B- Contact vs. L Endurance B-   Ldrship B-
Power vs. R B+ Power vs. L B- Velocity D-   Mentor vR A+
Speed B- Bunt Control D-   Mentor vL C+
POSITIONS DEFENSE/HEALTH POSTSEASON
 C * --- SS (17.6%) Range C- WS Rings 0
1B --- LF A+ (100%) Arm WS Appearances 0
2B A+ (98.3%) CF ---   Health D+ LCS Appearances 1
3B --- RF ---   Injured Days 0 All Star Teams 0
* League requires 50% rating to start at catcher.

Year POS Team G GS INN TC PO A E DP PB SB CS CS% +/- RF   FPCT GG
1997 3B CIN 5 5 42.0 10 4 5 1 0 -1 1.93 .900
2B CIN 2 2 17.0 5 3 2 0 0 +1 2.65 1.000
LF CIN 2 2 17.0 6 6 0 0 0 0 3.18 1.000
1B CIN 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 NaN
SS CIN 1 0 1.0 1 1 0 0 0 0 9.00 1.000
1998 1B CIN 15 15 136.2 159 150 4 5 12 +1 10.14 .969
2B CIN 7 7 65.0 33 10 22 1 3 -1 4.43 .970
RF CIN 3 2 18.2 4 4 0 0 0 0 1.93 1.000
3B CIN 1 1 8.0 2 2 0 0 0 0 2.25 1.000
C CIN 2 0 5.1 4 4 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.0% 0 6.75 1.000
LF CIN 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 NaN
1999 SS CIN-OAK 46 46 402.2 193 60 120 13 14 -20 4.02 .933
3B CIN-OAK 14 14 122.0 42 7 31 4 1 -3 2.80 .905
RF CIN-OAK 8 8 68.0 13 13 0 0 0 +1 1.72 1.000
2B CIN-OAK 5 4 36.0 20 10 10 0 3 -1 5.00 1.000
LF CIN-OAK 2 2 21.0 6 6 0 0 0 0 2.57 1.000
C CIN-OAK 1 0 1.1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 NaN% 0 13.53 1.000
2000 LF OAK 135 135 1179.2 274 268 0 6 0 -5 2.04 .978
2001 LF OAK-TEX 7 6 52.0 15 15 0 0 0 0 2.60 1.000
2B OAK-TEX 5 0 15.0 11 8 3 0 3 -3 6.60 1.000
RF OAK-TEX 1 1 10.0 3 3 0 0 0 0 2.70 1.000
1B OAK-TEX 1 1 7.0 7 7 0 0 0 0 9.00 1.000
2002 2B MON 43 38 321.2 188 78 101 9 15 +8 5.01 .952
3B MON 17 17 142.2 50 10 34 6 2 -4 2.78 .880
SS MON 10 10 87.0 39 12 25 2 4 -1 3.83 .949
1B MON 5 5 41.0 40 39 0 1 2 -1 8.56 .975
RF MON 3 3 29.0 7 7 0 0 0 0 2.17 1.000
LF MON 6 2 26.0 5 5 0 0 0 -1 1.73 1.000
CF MON 1 1 8.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 NaN
2003 LF ATL 21 21 179.0 47 44 2 1 0 -2 2.31 .979
RF ATL 6 6 54.0 10 10 0 0 0 -1 1.67 1.000
3B ATL 5 5 44.0 13 4 8 1 0 -1 2.45 .923
2B ATL 16 2 41.1 27 12 15 0 5 0 5.88 1.000
SS ATL 3 3 26.0 9 1 8 0 1 -1 3.12 1.000
CF ATL 2 2 17.0 7 7 0 0 0 0 3.71 1.000
2004 2B ATL 44 28 266.1 154 60 88 6 17 -2 5.00 .961
LF ATL 13 13 111.0 29 28 1 0 0 -1 2.35 1.000
CF ATL 10 10 86.1 26 26 0 0 0 -1 2.71 1.000
3B ATL 3 3 23.0 9 2 7 0 0 0 3.52 1.000
SS ATL 3 2 18.0 11 2 8 1 1 0 5.00 .909
RF ATL 2 2 17.0 3 2 1 0 0 0 1.59 1.000
2005 2B ATL 41 32 293.2 155 69 80 6 15 -12 4.57 .961
LF ATL 6 6 52.0 15 14 0 1 0 0 2.42 .933
CF ATL 3 3 24.0 8 8 0 0 0 +1 3.00 1.000
RF ATL 1 1 9.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 NaN
2006 LF ATL 32 24 211.1 48 47 1 0 0 -3 2.04 1.000
SS ATL 2 2 17.0 12 5 6 1 1 -2 5.82 .917
2B ATL 2 2 14.0 8 3 5 0 1 +1 5.14 1.000
Pos Total LF 225 211 1850.0 445 433 4 8 0 -12 2.13 .982
2B 165 115 1070.0 601 253 326 22 62 -9 4.87 .963
SS 65 63 551.2 265 81 167 17 21 -24 4.05 .936
3B 45 45 381.2 126 29 85 12 3 -9 2.69 .905
RF 24 23 205.2 40 39 1 0 0 0 1.75 1.000
1B 22 21 185.2 206 196 4 6 14 0 9.70 .971
CF 16 16 135.1 41 41 0 0 0 0 2.73 1.000
C 3 0 6.2 6 6 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.0% 0 8.11 1.000
Total 565 494 4386.2 1730 1078 587 65 100 0 2 0 0.0% -54 3.42 .962
Career Transactions
DateTransaction
2007-11-01Bill Acosta has retired from the Free Agency Pool
2007-04-01The Atlanta Braves have promoted Dallas Barr to the major league team. The Atlanta Braves have promoted Red Bowen to the major league team. The Atlanta Braves have designated Francisco Cordova for assignment. The Atlanta Braves have waived Bill Acosta.
2006-08-30Bill Acosta of the Atlanta Braves is injured and is expected to be out 13 days.
2004-05-10Bill Acosta of the Atlanta Braves is injured and is expected to be out 27 days.
2002-03-07A trade has been completed between the Texas Ropers and the Montreal Expositos. The Montreal Expositos receive Bill Acosta, Lars Mikkelsen, Joe Felix from the Texas Ropers in exchange for Rinty Mahady, Bill Remlinger. Protest This Trade.
2001-08-05The Texas Ropers have acquired Bill Acosta from the waiver wire.
2001-08-01The Oakland Athletics have promoted Marty Leber to the major league team. The Oakland Athletics have designated Bill Acosta for assignment.
2001-04-12Bill Acosta of the Oakland Athletics is injured and is expected to be out 27 days.
1999-07-06The Oakland Murder City Devils have acquired Bill Acosta from the waiver wire.
1999-07-02The Cincinnati Classy Characters have designated Mark Walbeck for assignment. The Cincinnati Classy Characters have designated Charlie Jones for assignment. The Cincinnati Classy Characters have designated Bill Acosta for assignment.
1998-04-04Bill Acosta of the Cincinnati Classy Characters is injured and is expected to be out 8 days.
1998-03-03The Cincinnati Classy Characters have promoted Johnny Covington to the major league team. The Cincinnati Classy Characters have promoted Bill Acosta to the major league team. The Cincinnati Classy Characters have promoted Eddie Clark to the major league team. The Cincinnati Classy Characters have sent Hutch Enright to the minors. The Cincinnati Classy Characters have designated Keith Scheibeck for assignment.
1997-10-13The Cincinnati Classy Characters have sent Bill Acosta to the minors. The Cincinnati Classy Characters have sent Mike Kucek to the minors. The Cincinnati Classy Characters have sent Eddie Clark to the minors. The Cincinnati Classy Characters have sent Ray Retzer to the minors.
1997-08-26The Cincinnati Classy Characters have promoted Bill Acosta to the major league team. The Cincinnati Classy Characters have sent Hutch Enright to the minors.
1997-08-25A trade has been completed between the Cincinnati Classy Characters and the Milwaukee Bears. The Milwaukee Bears receive Jack Fisher from the Cincinnati Classy Characters in exchange for Bill Acosta.